Bunnies, turkeys and chickens, oh my! The Mercy Center for Women is gearing up for Erie Gives in a fun, festive way.
On Monday afternoon, the non-profit organization held a petting zoo for its women and children.
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Many of their clients don’t have the opportunity to go to the Erie Zoo, so they brought the zoo to them.
The animal assortment included goats, horses and ponies.
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“With us being a program that houses homelessness, addiction and individuals who have been abused, not many times are they able to take advantage of what Erie has, because of expense value, so we are just fortunate to have good friends in the community that will bring a little bit of the farm to us in our backyard at the Mercy Center,” said Jennie Hagerty, executive director of the Mercy Center for Women…